Childress County Commissioners Court enacts burn ban

CHILDRESS — Meeting Monday morning, Jan. 9, the Childress County Commissioners Court enacted a 90-day burn ban, beginning Monday, Jan. 9 and ending Sunday, April 9.

“It’s dry and windy,” Pct. 1 Commissioner Jeremy Hill said, “and I don’t see that changing any time soon.”

Through the ban, all outdoor burning, with the exception of supervised trash burning in an approved container with a screen cover,…